diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md
index 23b8059ed99329..78c87d26caf70f 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.md
+++ b/doc/api/stream.md
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ has been called, and all data has been flushed to the underlying system.
 ```js
 const writer = getWritableStreamSomehow();
 for (var i = 0; i < 100; i ++) {
-  writer.write('hello, #${i}!\n');
+  writer.write(`hello, #${i}!\n`);
 }
 writer.end('This is the end\n');
 writer.on('finish', () => {